Format:
1 online resource (142 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789401207829
Series Statement:
Holocaust and Genocide Studies v.247
Content:
SS ideology was the expression of an apparently philosophical self-containing system of thought, articulated around a systematic body of knowledge claiming to integrate humanity inside a global vision of Being. Using ontology and anthropology as foundations, SS thinking developed essentially in the field of ethics. It portrayed itself as a global approach to society and civilization, based on eugenics and ethnic cleansing. It accomplished the fusion of the modern biological paradigm with the cultural shock brought about by World War I and promoted total war for the sake of total health. And since institutional philosophy largely ignores SS theory and praxis, Holocaust memorial institutions may represent an alternative for the development of understanding and reflection.Within the context of Nazism, SS thinking did much to work out the theory for which the Holocaust would be the ultimate accomplishment. It intended to provide the Holocaust with legitimacy, from the viewpoints of ontology, anthropology, politics, and ethics, whence the importance of studying the theoretical framework that gave sense to the most terrible form of SS praxis.
Content:
Intro -- SS THINKING AND THE HOLOCAUST -- CONTENTS -- EDITORIAL FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. General Considerations -- 2. Objectives -- 3. Hypotheses -- 4. Methodology -- 5. A Brief Recall of Definitions -- One The Historical Context of Nazi Ideology -- 1. Modernity and Reason -- 2. Nationalism in Germany -- 3. Anti-Semitism and the Biological Paradigm -- 4. The Impact of World War I -- 5. Nazi Ideology in the Aftermath of World War I -- 6. In Summary -- Two The SS System and Nazi Ideology -- 1. The Origins of the SS -- 2. Himmler and the Great War -- 3. The SS System and the Waffen SS -- 4. The Production and Dissemination of Ideology -- 5. The "Originality" of SS Thinking -- Three SS Ontology -- 1. The SS Weltanschauung -- 2. SS Pantheism and the Laws of Life -- 3. Volk and Blood -- 4. In Summary -- Four SS Anthropology -- 1. Race: The Basic Marker -- 2. Race in Pictures -- 3. Minderwertige, Jews, and Bolshevism -- 4. In Summary -- Five SS Ethics -- 1. Himmler: Ethics and Ideology -- A. Himmler's Moral Consciousness -- B. The Ideological Transfiguration of Morality -- C. The Moral Transfiguration of Ideology -- 2. SS Conscience and Nazi Values -- 3. In Summary -- Six The Police Of Nazi Praxis -- 1. Going East -- 2. Cleansing the East -- 3. The Victory of the Child -- 4. The Tasks of the SS -- 5. In Summary -- Seven The Police of History -- 1. T he Cult of Germanic Ancestors -- 2. The End of the Enlightenment -- 3. The Trauma of 1918 -- 4. The Blockade -- 5. The Dolchstoss -- 6. Mein Kampf and Its Aftermath -- 7. In Summary -- Eight The Police of Being -- 1. Ethics as Eugenics -- 2. The Biological Security of Lebensraum -- 3. Total War For Total Health -- 4. Operation Barbarossa and the Holocaust -- 5. The Antibiotic Character of SS Praxis -- 6. The SS Rationale for Killing the Jews -- 7. In Summary -- Nine SS Ideology Remembered.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789042035065
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789042035065
Language:
English
Keywords:
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